Dave DeBusschere vs. Jim King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim King and Dave DeBusschere, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dave DeBusschere played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jim King, who played 10. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Jim King had his rookie season in 1963-64. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1962-63	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Jim King	60	12.7	3.9	-	-	1.9	1.8	-	-	-	1.7	1.4	3.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.653
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682
Jim King	4	12.8	3.0	-	-	1.0	1.5	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	2.5	.400	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1965-66	1966-67
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Jim King	67	24.9	11.1	-	-	4.8	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	10.2	.418	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	15	30.5	16.3	-	-	6.7	3.3	-	-	-	3.9	6.8	14.4	.472	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.690

Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1966-67	1967-68
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Div Finals

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Jim King	54	32.3	16.6	-	-	4.5	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	14.8	.425	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim King	9	12.6	4.9	-	-	2.1	2.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.8	4.2	.421	-	-	-	1.3	2.1	.632

Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1967-68	1968-69
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Jim King	46	22.0	7.7	-	-	2.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	8.6	.348	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578
Jim King	6	23.7	12.0	-	-	4.2	2.8	-	-	-	1.7	4.8	13.0	.372	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1968-69	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	San Francisco Warriors, Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Jim King	34	11.5	4.1	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.6	3.8	.411	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1969-70	1970-71
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Jim King	55	11.7	4.8	-	-	1.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	4.1	.439	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662
Jim King	7	21.0	6.6	-	-	3.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	2.7	6.4	.422	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.667

Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1970-71	1971-72
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Jim King	73	13.9	5.7	-	-	1.1	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	4.9	.455	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659
Jim King	4	14.0	6.5	-	-	1.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.8	6.0	.458	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1971-72	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Jim King	65	12.1	4.2	-	-	1.2	1.2	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	4.0	.441	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Jim King	4	3.5	1.3	-	-	0.3	0.5	-	-	-	0.8	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1972-73	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Jim King
Season	1973-74	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621
Jim King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-